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Assessing local job creation and employment sustainability within greenfields housing projects : case studies of Wiggins Umkhumbane and Westrich (Durban)Myeni, Vincent. January 2005 (has links)
Most low cost housing beneficiaries either work in the informal sector
with little income to meet all their basic needs, or do not work at all.
They live in poverty because many of them are unskilled, unemployed,
poorly represented economically, politically and socially. Hence the new
South African Housing Policy is said to be enabling the housing
environment to play a more meaningful role in job creation and
employment sustainability. This is said to be achieved through skills
transfer and giving support to small businesses which are geared
towards more labour intensive opportunities.
Job creation, in the context of this study, means training ,and the use of
housing beneficiaries in housing construction. The provision of skills
enhances beneficiaries to engage in self-employment programmes.
Sustainability, on the other hand, looks at the use of dwelling units for
small business purposes, the proximity of housing projects in relation to
areas of employment, and the transfer of skills from place to place when
required. After conducting a survey of 98 beneficiaries, the study
revealed a lack of an effective mechanism for job creation and
employment sustainability within greenfields housing projects.
In order to provide both guidelines and recommendations for the effective
implementation of housing projects, this dissertation assesses the extent
to which greenfields housing projects have been able to create and
sustain employment opportunities for housing beneficiaries. Case studies
used to assess this aspect are Wiggins uMkhumbane in Cato Manor and
Westrich in Newlands West. This study outlines failures and successes in
the manner in which the above mentioned housing projects were
implemented in relation to the creation and sustainability of income
generating activities.
This dissertation is structured as follows: The first chapter introduces
the research problem, research question hypothesis, and the research
method used to conduct the study. The second chapter provides both the
conceptual framework and the literature review for the topic being
investigated. International, national and local case studies are used to
support the flow of the argument. Chapter three introduces the
geographical and historical background of case studies in which the
study was conducted. This historical background is linked to the topic of
study to help to understand the phenomenon of employment. Chapter
four deals with the presentation and analysis of data collected. The
conclusion drawn from the findings and recommendations are found in
chapter five. / Thesis (M.T.R.P.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2005.
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A comparative analysis of the developer driven process versus people's housing process : a case study of Wiggins Fast Track and Piesangs River in Durban, South Africa.Luzulane, Nosisi Cynthia. January 2002 (has links)
No abstract available. / Thesis (M.Arch)-University of Natal, Durban, 2002.
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The impact of informal settlement areas on the land reform programme in South Africa.Saane, B. J. January 2005 (has links)
Informal settlement areas (often referred to as squatter settlements or
squatter camps) exist in all provinces of South Africa. These areas are
characterized by rapid and unplanned development. The result of these
is that property boundaries in most of these areas are not surveyed.
Since the plots do not have boundary beacons, the land parcel is not
properly defined and therefore, the property cannot be registered in the
user or owner's name. Consequently, ownership is not guaranteed.
Thus there are no legal documents to prove the relationship between
an individual and the property.
This paper discusses the problems in the land reform process that can
be attributed to the existence of informal settlements. The paper is
based on a research carried out to assess the effect of informal
settlements on the success of the land reform programme in South
Africa. A review of literature on the land reform programme and its
implementation plan was carried out. The research also included a
literature review on informal settlements in relation to property
ownership, cadastral surveying and land registration.
Three informal settlements in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South
Africa were identified for study. These included Cato Manor and Umlazi
section CC in Durban and Peace Valley 2 in Pietermaritzburg. / Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2005.
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An analysis and evaluation of eThekwini Municipality's Home-Ownership Programme (sale of state-financed flats)Vedalankar, Sandhya Nardev. January 2010 (has links)
The Housing Department of the eThekwini Municipality implemented a home-ownership
programme in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Province. The programme aimed at selling state-financed
flats to tenants of the Municipality. The sale of these flats was in terms of the Sectional Title
development scheme. The research study undertaken was to analyze and evaluate the
implementation of this programme.
In conducting the research study, a global perspective on the delivery of public housing was
obtained. There are challenges globally; there is inadequate delivery of housing by
governments both in developing and developed countries. Whilst there are new strategies being
formulated by governments, for e.g. housing associations and social housing; there is lack of
support by government to sustain these housing programmes.
The research study was undertaken within a systems approach. The use of this approach
enabled a holistic enquiry process into the study. Through the systems approach the researcher
was able to look at not only the components in the system, but also the interaction and the
connectedness between components. The Critical Systems Thinking as a meta-methodology
allowed the use of more than one methodology for the research study, i.e. Critical Systems
Heuristics and Quantitative Study. The Critical Systems Heuristics methodology was used to
analyze and evaluate a policy decision made by Government to sell State-Financed flats to
tenants. This research study focused on the officials of the eThekwini Municipality. The second
research study was Quantitative and targeted trustees within bodies corporate.
The analysis of the data that was collated highlighted the following:
While the decision for the sale of flats to tenants in order to promote home ownership
emerged as a good decision, there is never the less a need to include in the programme an
extensive post sales programme that includes training, education and a support network for
bodies corporate
The communication between tenants and the Housing Department was extensive until the
transfer of the flats to the tenants and thereafter communication was very limited
One of the main challenge faced in this programme is the financial management of bodies
corporate
There appears to be challenges of promoting and maintaining social cohesion.
Whilst the programme to promote home-ownership has been well-received by beneficiaries, the
progamme lacked a supportive post-sales programme and hence viewed as incomplete. Two
broad recommendations were:
Ongoing programme with bodies corporate: There needs to be training and education
programmes available for the post sales period. The programmes should be designed to
benefit both newly appointed trustees and exiting ones
Supportive Network: The Housing Department needs to initially provide funding and
facilitate a process to for the creation and sustainability of network forums. / Thesis (M.Com.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, 2010.
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Provision of land for low-income urban housing as a key consideration in the preparation of integrated development plans : the case study of Ezakheni township (Ladysmith)Ndumo, Mbalenhle Sweetness. January 2004 (has links)
No abstract available. / Thesis (M.T.R.P.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2004.
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Well-located land for low-income housing as a means towards achieving improvements in living standards and quality of life of low-income people : a case study of East Wiggins Fast Track.Mpantsha, Dolly Ntombifuthi. January 2000 (has links)
Abstract not available. / Thesis (M.Sc.U.R.P.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2000.
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Costs in townships: a case study of Phoenix.Isemonger, Dennis J. January 1979 (has links)
The aim of the dissertation is to examine the costs in township housing and to identify some major issues and concepts by means of a case study for consideration by planners. The study is divided into three main sections.
The first deals with some concepts of cost, the need for cost awareness, and a justification of the dissertation topic. The South African low income housing policy is also discussed insofar as it is of concern for planners. The second section consists of a case study of a case study of the Phoenix New Town design. An alternative to that of the Phoenix design is put forward and both are then evaluated in terms of criteria specifically formulated for that purpose.
The last section concerns the conclusions of the case study, and contains some policy and design implications for planners. / Thesis (M.T.R.P.)-University of Natal, 1979.
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Women's access to housing in Clermont township.Mbambo, Priscilla Dumisile. January 1998 (has links)
Obtaining access to housing is the greatest hurdle for
women throughout the developed and the developing world.
However, this phenomenon varies from country to country,
and it is determined by the level of each country's
economical and technological development. Social and
political power relations of a country also play a crucial
role in determining who is to be provided with housing,
where and when. Patriarchal family structures and
government policies often marginalise women regarding their
access to housing. In South Africa during the period when the Nationalist
Party was in power (between 1948 and 1993), Black women
were prevented from obtaining access to housing in formal
urban townships. This was also the time when an influx of
Black people to urban areas was occurring. The government
responded by establishing mass housing for Black urban
workers, but under strict conditions, which excluded women.
The marginalisation of women in housing delivery resulted
in many of them taking jobs where accommodation was
provided such as nursing and domestic service.
Clermont township was established in the 1930s, during the
years of rapid industrial development in South Africa. Due
to availability of African-owned housing, which could be
rented privately in Clermont, many industrial workers
particularly women were able to find accommodation there.
This trend continued, until the Nationalist Party
government extended the right to rent housing in all
townships to women. This occurred in the late 1970s.
A case study of Clermont, (a township characterised by a
freehold tenure), was undertaken to investigate the
position of women in housing development, and how changes
in the political situation have affected their access to
housing. This thesis reveals that the number of
households headed by women in Clermont township exceeds
those headed by their male counterparts (53 per cent of
women compared to 47 per cent of men in the sample). These
women were mainly renters rather than house owners. Some
of them implemented alternative strategies to access
housing despite their low incomes, insecure jobs and the
prevailing government restrictions. These strategies
include illegal occupation of land (land invasion) owned by
the state (nearby Clermont) and land owned by individual
people in Clermont township. The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) , which
is the socio-economic policy framework of the Government of
National Unity (elected in 1994), 'identified the provision
of housing as a priority area. There are many programmes
that have been implemented by this government in order to
increase the housing access for women. It is unfortunate
that these new programmes many not be accessible to some
women, as most are still caught in a web of unemployment. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1998.
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Upgrading? : a realistic option for the Ntchaweni squatter settlement.Karodia, Mahomed Sayeed. January 1992 (has links)
This thesis recognises that quantitative research distances the
researcher from the people who form part and parcel of squatter
settlements. Therefore, in the course of analysing whether
upgrading is a realistic option for the Ntchaweni squatter
settlement, this qualitative study has not concerned itself with
the activities of the inhabitants alone, or only with the
buildings which house squatters, but investigates those units of
experience within which physical form, activities and the degree
of attachment that squatters have for the settlement of Ntchaweni
are amalgamated to form place.
A contention of this thesis if we are to plan successfully for
squatter areas, it is necessary to understand that squatters have
the potential to think and plan ahead for themselves. Squatter
settlements are not necessarily the domain of criminals and
unemployed people. The Ntchaweni squatter settlement is a
complex place in which the inhabitants exhibit a strong attachment to the place.This validates the methodological emphasis on a people-place study of the squatter settlement, as does the acknowledged importance of community participation in upgrading schemes.
In contrast, the "top-down" re-organising of squatter settlements
into idealistic settlements conforming rigidly to some grand
theory developed by technocrats cannot possibly help to alleviate
the severe physical and social problems experienced in squatter
areas. It is therefore necessary to arrive at a realistic option
for the improvement of the Ntchaweni squatter settlement by
analysing what the squatters perceive to be a suitable living
environment. Any upgrading option for the Ntchaweni squatter
settlement must also take into account the system which
perpetrated the poor conditions evident in the study area.
Within this context, the areal expansion of the Ntchaweni
squatter settlement into its present size qualifies the notion
that this place has an important function from a social, cultural and economic perspective. The historical development and the
present political situation in the study area are both important
considerations in a study which aims at investigating the
betterment options for the area, be it site and service schemes
or in situ upgrading. In order to gain a better understanding of
squatter settlements, we must record both objective and
subjective aspects of place. Together, these investigations put
us into a position to discuss the possibilities for generating
realistic options for designing and producing places suitable for
human habitation in Ntchaweni. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1992.
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A search for responsive environments within in situ upgrading.Soni, K. January 1998 (has links)
Abstract not available. / Thesis (M.T.R.P.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1998.
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